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PAPER PRESENTATION 2019

TIPS IN HANDLING Q & A SESSION

Prepare your own questions. It may sound
Maintain your eye
ridiculous. But preparing predictable questions contact and make
is extremely helpful for presenters. Analyze sure you hear and
the possible questions about your paper by understand the full
placing yourself as the audience. question before
answering. Ask for

Prepare the responses of your predicted clarification of
questions. It will be so much helpful anything you don't
because if the questions from your understand. Do not
audience is the same or similar with your pre-empt the
predicted questions, you can respond it questioner by
confidently. Plus, you can use your other answering before
time to think the answers of the other the question is
questions. fully stated. (e.g
“Do you mean…?”)

Credit the person for asking the question. You may say something
like, “That was a great question” or, “Glad you asked that question”

or even, “I get asked that question by many people” or simply,
“Thank you for your question”.

If it is necessary, repeat Be straightforward. If you do not
or rephrase the questions know the answer, do not guess. It
asked. This allows other is acceptable to admit that you do
audience whomay have not know but offer to get the
missed the question the answer and provide it to your
first time to hear the questioner later via email or
question. It also serves to discussion after the presentation.
clarify your understanding (e.g “I’m sorry that I cannot
of the question and gives explain completely in this seminar,
you a chance to take a let the committee know your
moment to think about email and we can have further
your response. (e.g “You discussion about this.”)
asked me about…”)

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